愤怒的葡萄英文介绍 the grapes of wrath.pptVIP

Content: Background Information Introduction of Author The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck(1902-1968) 1902, born in Salinas, California 1920, enrolled in Stanford University 1925, went to New York 1925 ,Returned to California ,started writing career 1940, the Pulitzer Prize 1962, Nobel Prize for literature 1968, Passed away Writing style a. poetic quality b. regional diaclet c. characterization : many types of characters rather than individuals d. many symbols e. social protect: spokenman for the poverty-stricken people 《The Grapes of Wrath》 is a novel published in 1939 and written by John Steinbeck, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. Set during the Great Depression, the novel focuses on a poor family of sharecroppers, the Joads, driven from their Oklahoma home by drought, economic hardship, and changes in the agriculture industry. In a nearly hopeless situation, partly because they were trapped in the Dust Bowl, they set out for California along with thousands of other Okies in search of land, jobs and dignity. The Grapes of Wrath is frequently read in American high school and college literature classes. 《愤怒的葡萄》长篇小说。斯坦培克著。作于1939年。是美国30年代大萧条时期的一部史诗。小说主人公约德刑满被释回家，发现家乡一片荒芜，只得携家乘坐一辆破旧的汽车到西部谋生，在那里的一个农场做工。一家人拼命干活，只能勉强糊口，农场主还不断地压低工资。农工们奋起反抗，举行罢工，警察前来镇压，牧师凯绥同情农工，被武装流氓打死。约德将凶手击毙，只得再次背井离乡。这部作品，反映了广大人民群众对现存社会的日益不满和叛逆精神，具有鲜明的时代特征。为此，斯坦贝克成了“被压迫者的代言人”。在艺术上，再现了30年代大萧条时期的生活，在人物形象的塑造上，强调外部特征，而不是探究微妙的心理，因而他笔下的人物是类型化的而不是个性化的。象征手法和讽刺手法在作品中也得到了很好的运用 。 Tom Joad——good-natured, thoughtful , strength Protagonist of the story; the Joad familys second son, named after his father. Later on, Tom takes leadership of the family even though he is young. Ma Joad——matriarch, practical , warm-spirited, “the citadel of the family.” The mother of the Joad family. She is the healer of the family’s ills and the arbiter of its arguments, and her ability to perform these tasks grows as the novel progresses. 2.Lies and Deceit Central to